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[Madame De Lara, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters view, facing left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Madame De Lara, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters view, facing left], [between 1840 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Madame De Lara, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters view, facing left], [between 1840 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The label fixed to the front of the case identifies the sitter as Madam De Lara, with Cuba noted beside the name, which gives this half plate a specific identity among the many anonymous daguerreotypes of the period. She is shown head and shoulders, turned three-quarters to the left, in an image made on silvered copper and sealed under glass in a case whose central quatrefoil is surrounded by scrolls. Daguerreotypes like this were popular studio portraits in the 1840s and 1850s, though the photographer who made this one remains unidentified. Mrs. G.M. Parkhurst gave the plate to the Library of Congress in 1926.

Created / published[between 1840 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Identification from label on front of case: Madam De Lara (Cuba). Case: central quadrafoil surrounded by scrolls. Gift; Mrs. G.M. Parkhurst; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:46952). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsDe Lara,--Madame.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,284 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference261_Madame_De_Lara_headands_1840

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